Trauma hurts children more

Kids need guidance, help with coping

11:02 PM,
Jul. 20, 2012

Written by

Shantal Parris Riley
Poughkeepsie Journal

Some local parents said the shooting at a Denver suburb movie theater that took the lives of 12 people, wounding at least 50 others Friday morning, makes a sometimes-dangerous world seem even scarier to children.

"I think a lot of kids will be afraid to go to the movies," said Milton resident Josephine Sculco. "Not only that, but it could make them feel they're just not safe in the world."

Like other parents, Sculco was horrified to learn of the late-night shooting, which occurred at a showing of the movie "The Dark Knight Rises" and included the wounding of a 4-month-old baby. ...